[INTRO – soft acoustic picking]
(GENTLE RIFF)
(ROOM TONE)
You don’t have to say it…
I can see it in your eyes…
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[VERSE 1 – gentle]
You carry everything alone
Like no one’s ever coming home
Like every word you try to say
Gets buried just a breath away
You think that I don’t understand
The weight you hide in your hands
But I’ve been watching from the side
Every time you tried to hide
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[PRE-CHORUS – slight lift]
You don’t have to fight this on your own…
Not tonight…
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[CHORUS – soft, emotional]
[SUNG – vulnerable]
If you fall, I’ll catch you in the dark
If you break, I’ll hold you as you fall apart
You don’t have to be afraid tonight
I’ll lift you towards the light
If you fade, I’ll stay til morning comes
Through the pain, of what’s been done
You don’t have to disappear this time
I’ll always be by your side
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[VERSE 2 – deeper]
I hear it in the way you breathe
Like every second’s hard to keep
Like something’s pulling you below
But you don’t wanna let it show
You laugh it off, you play it cool
Like pain’s just something people use
But I can see right through the act
Every piece you try to mask
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[PRE-CHORUS]
You don’t have to hold it all inside…
Not tonight…
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[CHORUS – fuller]
If you fall, I’ll catch you in the dark
If you break, I’ll hold you as you fall apart
You don’t have to be afraid tonight
I’ll lift you towards the light
If you fade, I’ll stay til morning comes
Through the pain, of what’s been done
You don’t have to disappear this time
I’ll always be by your side
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[BRIDGE – stripped, almost spoken]
(CLEAN GUITAR ONLY)
Even if you push me away
Even if you don’t want me to stay
Even if you don’t know what to say
I’m not leaving…
Not this time…
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[FINAL CHORUS – biggest emotional lift]
[FULL ACOUSTIC + LIGHT STRINGS]
If you fall, I’ll catch you in the dark
If you break, I’ll hold you as you fall apart
You don’t have to be afraid tonight
I’ll lift you towards the light
If you fade, I’ll stay til morning comes
Through the pain, of what’s been done
You don’t have to disappear this time
I’ll always be by your side
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[OUTRO – soft fade]
(ACOUSTIC)
(WHISPER)
…By your side…
(SILENCE)
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